Islamic Medieval Miniature Juglet, dark Blue/Black Glass, White Wave around, 2 White handles, Orange Trail on Rim, 34x21mm
Al-Sabah 1.2b, c, d (pg 37) for small colored jugs but of different form, Monsieur D has miniature vases but different form 442, and 538-540 but different form again,
Provenance:
Guy Clark, (08/06/2011)
(IT14-0019) Price: $ 200.00 US
Islamic Medieval Miniature Jug
Islamic Medieval Tiny Juglet, White, with Purple Chevrons in ancient Phoenician style, Baby Blue Handles, 28x18mm
Provenance:
Guy Clark, (08/06/2011)
(IT14-0020) Price: $ 200.00 US
Glass Pilgram Flask
Pilgrim Flask, Tiny, without Rim, without handles, Vibrant Green Glass, Roman-Islamic, 2nd – 9th C CE, 52x6mm
- Islamic Museum in Cairo indicates these were filled with perfume and put in turbans,
- cf Monsieur D 267 (dates to Roman), ROM 611 (dates to Islamic), Dobkin 357
Provenance:
ex collection formed by Midwest Doctor while traveling in Israel (11/18/2011)
(IT14-0018) Price: $ 150.00 US
Small Islamic Glass Bottle, 9th -11th AD
Small ancient bottle, yellow Glass. Mold made. Islamic, 9th -11th AD, 52x17mm, 26.05G, small chip on one side.
cf Monsieur D Collection 590 & 595, Constable-Maxwell 336, Dobkin 496, Newark 547, oppenlander 506
(IT14-0017) Price: $ 45.00 US
Tiny Glass Juglet, 9th - 10th Century AD
Glass Juglet, Tiny, Translucent with interior iridescence. Islamic, 9th-10th C CE, 20mm, minor chips
- Al-Sabah 2.30g,
Light Green Glass, Mold Blown vertical tooled Ribbed Jar, 10th - 12th Century AD. 52x34mm, perfect condition.
Cup shaped body with flattened shoulder and wide cylindrical neck with ground rim, the body decorated with 29 molded vertical flutes
- Newark 538, Constable-Maxwell 164,
Provenance:
Baltimore Show (04/01/2011)
(IT14-0006) Price: $ 100.00 US
Bird Relief Terracotta Bread Stamp
Bird Relief Terracotta Bread Stamp, Coptic or Islamic, 80x25mm, broken handle on back
Design has branch with berries on l, bird facing l and branch, five lines behind head, leaping dog below bird
- cf Hirsch Auction 235 lot 518 for similar round shaped device.
- cf Ceramics from Islamic Lands, the Al-Sabah collection, page 103 Cat Aa12 which has same handle on reverse. “
Such objects are often described as bread stamps - used to mark the dough before the bread is placed in the oven.”
- Bailey British Museum Terracottas #3311
(IT14-0015) Price: $ 250.00 US
Small Glass Bottle, 18th century
Small ancient bottle with flaired neck, green glass. Hand blown. Islamic, 18th century. 75mm. Intact.
(IT14-0029) Price: $ 65.00 US
Hand Blown Green Glass Bottle, 18th century
Hand blown green glass bottle. Islamic Ottoman, 18th century AD. 7”x4”. Intact and attractive.
Ottoman Clay Chibouk (Smoking Pipe), 18th Century. 50 x 30mm.
(IT14-0022) Price: $ 35.00 US
White Glass Islamic 27 Qirat Weight
Islamic 27 Qirat Weight, White Glass, 30mm, 5.11G, XF, Round.
"There is No God but God, Mohammed is the Prophet/ Blank".
cf Miles Early Arabic Glass Weights and Stamps, A supplement #38
Stephen Album’s specialist thought this modern, possibly 19th Century to Modern.
(IT14-0062) Price: $ 95.00 US
Byzantine
Byzantine Era Stamp, Found in Israel
Byzantine Era Seal, Bread Stamp, Brick Stamp, or Tile Stamp marked as 'EVT'. Found in Israel, 38 x 26 x 29mm
Glass Seal or Tesserae with figure of Christ with cross behind. Green-Blue Glass with Red Glass, 17mm, intact. cf Corning 3
#981 for amulet with cross.
Provenance:
The Time Machine #A20574 (03/22/2012)
(IT14-0088) Price: $ 150.00 US
Blue Glass Pendant with Lion, 4th - 5th AD
Blue Glass Pendant with Lion, right. 4th - 5th AD. 18mm. Loop broken, otherwise lovely example.
cf. Corning 3 #888 is closer than Borowski or Spaer examples, Glass Cosmos 271 (found in Thessaloniki Byzantine grave),
Eisen pg 527 plate 131, Persian 59 (found in Gilan province),
(IT14-0085) Price: $ 225.00 US
Terracotta Loom Weight, 3rd - 4th Century AD
Loom Weight holed at the top for suspension, Terracotta, 85x53x15mm
- Corinth Volume XII #2919, Caesaria Maritima 279, Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessalonika, room 2 listed
as 3rd – 7th AD.
Provenance:
Said to be from ex Soviet Georgia
(IT14-0010) Price: $ 35.00 US
Bronze Uncia Steelyard Weight, 6th-7th century AD
Bronze Uncia Steelyard Weight, 6th-7th century A.D. AE uncia (29.3 6, 24x16 mm). large ring-like bead,
could have been slid over steelyard arm. VF, green deposits.